Today’s article involves fractures of bone which are caused by a small piece of bone attaching to a tendon and being pulled away from the bone in a type of chunk or chip. This type of fracture is ...

Avulsion fractures represent a significant clinical concern among adolescent athletes. These injuries occur when a sudden, forceful contraction of muscle or tendon pulls a fragment of bone away from ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting said calcaneal avulsion fractures treated at a level 1 trauma center had a 60% complication rate. “Soft ...

This patient, a smoker with cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy, had required a C4–C5 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a tricortical autograft harvested with a sagittal saw and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Human growth hormone therapy was associated with increased risk for proximal tibial physeal avulsion fractures.

We present here an unusual case of a sequential avulsion fracture of the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS), occurring first in the right and then the left AIIS, during long jump attempts. The case ...

De'Aaron Fox suffered an avulsion fracture in his left hand late in the Sacramento Kings' Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. Fox, who's left-handed, is now listed as doubtful for Game ...

The Atlanta Hawks’ Bogdan Bogdanovic has been diagnosed with an avulsion fracture in his right knee with associated soft tissue inflammation and a bone bruise, the team announced Sunday. Per the ...

In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it up… ...